Optical disk, reproduction apparatus, and reproduction method

Abstract

An optical disk includes: a data region; and a management region. The data region stores: at least one video object containing video information and audio information; and at least one audio object containing audio information. The management region stores first path information and second path information, the first path information indicating a first reproduction path including only the at least one video object, and the second path information indicating a second reproduction path including a combination of the at least one video object and the at least one audio object.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A recording method for an optical disk including an audio zone, comprising the step of: 
       recording at least one audio object corresponding to an audio title and an audio title set information for managing the reproduction of the at least one audio object in the audio zone,  
       wherein each of the at least one audio object contains coded audio data,  
       the audio title set information contains a plurality of reproduction path information each indicating the reproduction order of the at least one audio object and a block information defining at least two reproduction path information as a block among the plurality of reproduction path information, each of the at least two reproduction path information being alternatively selectable in a part of the reproduction path of the audio title, and  
       an audio attribute for coding of the coded audio data contained in the audio object which is reproduced in accordance with the reproduction order indicated by one reproduction path information included in the block is different from an audio attribute for coding of the coded audio data contained in the audio object which is reproduced in accordance with the reproduction order indicated by another reproduction path information included in the block.  
     
     
       2. A recording method according to  claim 1 , wherein the audio attribute for coding includes a coding type. 
     
     
       3. A recording method according to  claim 2 , wherein the coding type is represented by at least one of an audio coding mode, the number of audio channels, the number of quantization bits and a sampling frequency. 
     
     
       4. A recording method according to  claim 1 , wherein the block information includes a block mode indicating whether or not the reproduction path information forms the block with any other reproduction path information and a block type indicating a degree of difference between the audio attributes for coding within the block. 
     
     
       5. A recording method according to  claim 4 , wherein the block mode further indicating a first reproduction path information includes in the block and a last reproduction path information included in the block.